How to write a good prompt

Write a good prompt to get the best results from our extensions. Be very specific about what you want and prompt exactly like you would brief a person to do the job, by providing clear instructions and ample context.

While models can sometimes process multi-lingual prompts or generate a response in a different language from the prompt language, it is highly recommended to write your prompt in the language that you expect your response to be in.

You can also check out our OpenAI GPT prompt generator.

Label	Description	Examples
Task	What you want to achieve Note: This should be composed of at least a verb and a noun. You can replace "Task" by "Question" if it makes more sense.	Task: write a cold email Task: write a blogpost Task: write 5 taglines Task: summarize in 3 paragraphs Task: translate from English to Spanish Task: create a tweet thread of 10 tweets Question: How can I find an SEO expert?
Topic	What your text is about Note: Don't hesitate to be highly specific.	Topic: sell a shampoo Topic: an ice-cream shop Topic: food in Ancient Rome
Role	What character the AI has to impersonate	Role: Act as a teacher. Write in very basic terms, and illustrate with examples adapted to your audience. Then provide links to explore the topic further. Role: Act as a tech reviewer. You write in-depth reviews including pros, cons, features, and benchmarks. Role: Act as a technical writer. Your writing is very structured and hierarchical. Instructions are provided step by step so the reader can apply them without thinking.
Style	What type of language you want to use	Style: casual Style: formal Style: business Style: creative Style: academic
Tone	How you want your text to sound	Tone: joyful Tone: angry Tone: funny Tone: serious Tone: excited Tone: sad
Audience	Who this text is for Note: This enables the model to select appropriate words and the right level of abstraction.	Audience: 5-year old Audience: teenager who likes rock music Audience: my boss Audience: topic expert
Length	How long the output is expected to be (any unit) Note: Language models have limited numerical accuracy, so it's good to be overly precise if you have a hard limit.	Length: 4 paragraphs Length: 250 words Length: strictly under 30 characters including spaces
Format	What structure or syntax your output must comply with	Format: HTML Format: table Format: markdown
	Any other parameter or instruction that is useful to you	Country: X Product: door bell Relate recipient job title to the user selling proposition Sign as XYZ Start with xxx Include references to X, Y and Z

It is then extremely easy to write a good prompt that you can then use with our extensions.

Sheets

This is what your prompt should look like in Google Sheets:



You can copy this prompt from the text below:

Task: write a two sentence opening line for a cold email
Style: Salesy
Tone: Funny
Topic: Sell the person in a witty way on the idea of building their brand and growing their business through social media videos with our company Brandtegic.
Starts with: "Hi {{First name}},", then line break
Make the email funny.
Do not include "viral".'

Docs

This is what your prompt should look like in Google Docs:



You can copy this prompt from the text below:

Task: write a cold email
Style: Salesy
Tone: Funny
Topic: Sell the person in a witty way on the idea of building their brand and growing their business through social media videos with our company Brandtegic.
Starts with: "Hi {{First name}},", then line break
Length: 3 paragraphs
Make the email funny.
Do not include "viral".

Excel

This is what your prompt should look like in Microsoft Excel:



You can copy this prompt from the text below:

Task: write a two sentence opening line for a cold email
Style: Salesy
Tone: Funny
Topic: Sell the person in a witty way on the idea of building their brand and growing their business through social media videos with our company Brandtegic.
Starts with: "Hi {{First name}},", then line break
Make the email funny.
Do not include "viral".